11 November

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Police Chase, Explosion Destroy Georgia Home

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ALBANY, Ga. -- A suspect being chased by police over an expired license plate smashed his car into a south Georgia home and set off an explosion that destroyed the house. Three residents escaped the blaze Tuesday in Colquitt County, but their three kittens died. A neighbor's dog was struck and killed by the fleeing car.The Associated Press reports that Colquitt County sheriff's deputies were chasing a car with expired tags driven by 23-year-old Antonio Wise. The deputies used stop sticks to flatten the car's tires. It then smashed into the home of Clayton...

10 November

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4 Accused In Party Beating Death Say They’re Innocent

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. -- Three of the four people charged in the killing of a teenager at a party spoke to Channel 2 Action News reporter Mark Winne from jail on Tuesday.Quantez Devonta Mallory, Horace Damon Coleman, Emmanuel Benjamin Boykins and Tracen Lamar Franklin are accused of stomping, punching and kicking Bobby Tillman at a party early Sunday, a beating Tillman's mother called unprovoked.Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said the Sheriff's Office is looking at the possibility of other suspects.One of the men in custody told Winne that a brawl involving 20...

08 November

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Robbery Suspect Caught Fleeing Gwinnett Bank

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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- Gwinnett police nabbed a robbery suspect shortly after they said he held up a bank in Lawrenceville Monday morning. The robbery took place at a Wells Fargo Bank at 3065 Lawrenceville Highway around 9:30 a.m. Police told Channel 2's Manuel Bojorquez that officers responding to the call spotted a car that matched the description of the getaway vehicle and stopped the driver on Wessex Court. A police spokesman said officers found a gun in the car as well as the stolen money. Police had not released the suspect’s name. No one was injured during the robbery. ...

05 November

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Law firm of BP claims czar paid $3.3M so far

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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The law firm of Kenneth Feinberg, the man in charge of BP’s $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims, has so far been paid about $3.35 million from BP PLC. The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was set up to compensate fishermen, business owners and other Gulf Coast victims of the April 20 BP well blowout, said Thursday that BP agreed to pay Feinberg’s firm $850,000 a month starting in mid-June. The firm will continue to receive the fee monthly from BP through the end of the year, after...

03 November

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Deal Is Next Georgia Governor

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ATLANTA -- Nathan Deal overcame questions about ethics and financial troubles to become the 82nd governor of Georgia on Tuesday night.Deal proclaimed victory before a raucous crowd of Republican supporters inside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead."We're going to make you proud," Deal pledged minutes after announcing Democrat Roy Barnes conceded the race. Deal, a nine-term former congressman from Gainesville, said, "We're going to make this state great. We're going to show the rest of the nation what Georgia can do, and what you have already heard we have a great slate of...

02 November

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Man Shoots 2, Steals Parents’ Car

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HENRY COUNTY, Ga. -- Police told Channel 2 Action News that a man may be heading to New York after shooting two men Monday night in Henry County. Officers said they do not know why Dwon Knight shot and wounded the men outside a home on Flagstaff Walk in McDonough.The victims are expected to recover.Officers said Knight took off in a 1997 black Chevrolet Malibu that he stole from his parents....

02 November

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Woman Found Dead In Home; Man Arrested After Chase

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ATLANTA -- Police say a woman has been found shot to death in an Atlanta home and a man seen leaving the house has been arrested following a chase. Atlanta Police spokeswoman Kim Jones says an officer on patrol in northwest Atlanta on Monday afternoon heard gunshots and went to investigate. Police say the officer saw a man leave the house on Newport Street in a silver car and pursued it. They say the man's car hit another vehicle and he got out and ran a short distance before he surrendered. ...

01 November

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Woman dies in fiery Talbot County car wreck

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A Woodbury, Georgia woman was killed over the weekend in a single-vehicle accident on a rural Talbot County roadway. According to the coroner, 30-year-old Chirmane Johnson was driving on Rising Sun Road around midnight Saturday. When she attempted to make a turn, she allegedly lost control of the car. The coroner says the car went through the woods and eventually hit a tree. The car burst into flames and the coroner says the woman was burned beyond recognition. A male passenger in the car was also burned, but not severely. He was taken to ...

01 November

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Teen Killed Over Halloween Prank

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta police said they believe a Halloween prank cost a teenager his life.Police said the incident began Sunday night at about 8 p.m. at the intersection of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard.Police said a teen threw an egg at someone’s car and the driver drove away. Officials said the driver returned to the scene with a gun.“It appears the victim in this case was standing at an intersection when the suspect approached him, produced a handgun, and discharged the weapon at least ten times, striking the victim,” said...

01 November

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Life Sentence Upheld In Infant’s Murder

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ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a Gwinnett County court’s guilty verdict and life prison sentence given to Houston Wesley Drake for the murder of his 11-month-old baby boy, Devon McCoy.According to the evidence, Drake had custody of his infant son, and the two lived with Drake’s girlfriend, Claire Garceau, Georgia Supreme Court spokeswoman Jane Hansen said in a news release. At trial, she testified that nearly every day, Drake would cover Devon’s nose and mouth with his hand to stop the baby’s crying, at times rendering the infant unconscious, Hansen...

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